Azerbaijan Oil Workers Group Says 32 Missing After Rig Fire

December 5, 2015 4:52 PM

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The head of an Azerbaijan oil workers group says 32 people are missing after a fire swept through a Caspian Sea oil platform owned by the state oil company SOCAR.

The country's president says one worker was killed, 32 were rescued and an operation is underway to find those still missing in the fire that began Friday. But no information was available from the government or the oil company about how many workers were on the platform when the fire broke out or h...